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W. S. DODGE. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

Patented Feb. 10,1891.

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W. S. DODGE.

. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

Patented Feb. 10,1891.

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IVALTER S. DODGE, OF IVASI'IINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TOTHE REMINGTON STANDARD TYPE-IVRITER MANUFACTURING COM- PAN r, or NnwYORK, N. Y.

TYPE-wRlTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,381, dated February10, 1'891.

Application filed May 14, 1890. Serial No. 351.749. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, IVALTER S. DODGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at W'ashington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Type-Vriting Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to type-writing machines 5 and it consists invarious features hereinafter set forth and claimed, whereby the writingof tabulated work is facilitated.

In the drawings, Figure lis a face view of a portion of a type-writingmachine having my improvements applied thereto; Fig?, a verticalsectional view of the same; Fig. 3, a horizontal sectional view 5 Fig.4, a perspective view of one of the pointers or indicators 5 Fig. a sideview of a modified form ofone of the pointers or indicators; and Fig. 6,a face View of a portion of a Remington machine, showing the manner inwhich my invention is used.

IVhile the present invention is designed more particularly for use inconnection with and upon the Remington machine, and while I have shownand will describe my improvements as applied to that class of machines,I do not wish it to be understood as limiting myself to such machine, asit will be obvious that the invention is susceptible ofY application toother styles of machines than that illustrated.

A indicates the frame of a Remington machine, and B the travelingcarriage, which moves from right to left during the printing'.

Secured to the carriage is a scale C, graduated to correspond to thenumber of printingspaces, and upon the front of the machineframe is whatI term a tabulatin ,scale7 D, which is graduated to correspond with thegradations upon the scale C. The gradation marks upon the scale C D areadvisably,though not necessarily, numbered, and where numerals areemployed the numbers on scale C will run from left to right and those onscale D from right to left. So far the arrangement is the same as in theRemington machines now in -use.

It frequently becomes desirable to tabulate the work--that is, to printa series of columns lengthwise of the sheet and to begin each column ata predetermined`n point on the sheet. In order to print a single line ineach and all of the columns during the travel of the carriage from rightto left and to insure the printing of the first character in each columndirectly beneath the iirst character in the line above in the samecolumn, it has heretofore been necessary to turn or lift the platen upto the positionv shown in Fig. 6 after the printing of each Word and tonote the space or number on the carriage-scale opposite which the iirstcharacter of the column is to be printed. Suppose the words To, Datefand No. are to be printed a number of times on a'sheet, and it isdesired to arrange them in columns as represented in Fig. 6. Now afterdetermining, usually by experimentation, at what point each of theseWords or the first character of each Word is to be printed, it has beennecessary either to carry these starting-points or numbers in the mind,or to lift the carriage up after printing each Word, in order to seewhere the first character of the next Word is to be printed, and then tofeed the carriage along until its pointer or indicator E comes oppositethe corresponding space on the scale D, and then print the desiredcharacter. In order to overcome these objections, I provide the scale Dwith one or more adjustable pointers F, which may be variouslyconstructed and applied.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6 the scale is provided with a longitudinal slotd, through which the shank Z7 of the pointer projects, as shown in Figs.2 and 3. On the outerend of the shank is secured or formed a pointedbutton c, which may extend either above or below the slot, or both aboveand below, both forms being shown in Fig. l. is riveted or otherwisesecured to the inner end of the shank b, so as to prevent thedisengagement of the pointer from the scale, and in order to hold thepointers in their adj Listed posi tionsInterpose a springebetween thehead d and the inner face of the scale. The spring may be dispensed withor be supplanted by a washer of felt or rubber, the purpose being merelyto permit the pointers to A head or enlargement cl be moved freely alongthe scale from end-to end and at `the saine time hold them intheir adjusted positions with sufficient force to prevent their accidentaldisplacement.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 thescale is shown asstruck up or indented fronrth e rearl side,'so`as to Aform apocketto'receiveandguide theheads of-.the pointers,while in theconstruction shown in Fig. 6 the scale has its body made iat, but setaway from the frame of the machine a distance equal to the thickness(more or less) of .the `headof/t-'hev pointer.

N 0W with any of these various arrangements the mannerr of: utilizingVthe scale fand l'point- 5 ers is as follows, referring .again .to Fig.6: After determining at what points the columns are to be lbegun, thepointers F are moved over or'adjusted-uponthe scale lDuntilfthey comeoppositetherpoints on thesaidscale corresponding to the point atvthic'hthe printing "enough tto bring the printing-point into print-1`ing-position Will i be determined by :the lposition'of the-carriage-pointer sE, .Whieh moves over the scale FD andthe point-ers`-F thereof.

TIhelnum'loer of pointers or indi'eatorsi'FHused` -Will ofcourse varyyaccording 'to the speciali Work fat hand, and in ordertoavoid mistakeswhich might occur1from thepresence ofa- 'number of Athese 'pointers Iprefer to `make themy detachable or removable,so that those not in use,may be out of the Way andnot misfl-ead. Inv orderto provide'lforthisremovability, I prefer to make the pointers with springarms f f, asshown in Fig. 5, so that by pressing the arms together they may beinserted into or Withdrawn from the slot in the scale,

xthe 'arms as soon as released bearing against the .walls of .the slot,fandholding the pointers in their adjusted positions.

In certain classes of type-Writing machines the arrangement shown in thedrawings is rezversed-that is .to say, the pointer or indicator E isafxed to the main frame, While the scale D is axed to the travelingcarriage; but such an .arrangement as this' in' no wayprecludes .theapplication of my invention to such machines.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l 1. EAInatyp-ewriting machine; the 'combination, With -a main viframe,- ofaatravelingpapercarriage :pro-vided With-a pointer or indicator "E, -aIlonigitndinallyslotted scale lr D, secured direetly'tothe-main frame`to actYin'eon'junction with the indicator,-saidscalebeingstruck up erinden'tedto form -a pocket, 4as lshown, and afseries( oflbuttons'F,-m'ounted-in the'slot stan ti'ally 'as-shownfandfd-esgcribed.

2. Ina-type-Writi ng 'm ach in eftheco'mhi naftiOn, With-a mainframe,o'f-a tra'velin'gfpaper- :'carriiageya pointer orzi ndicatcr E, ifaescale D vto'a'ct inconjnnction With the-pointer, a

series: offadjfustable'bnttonsIF, `Vapplied tothe scale vand *detachabletherefrom Without -di'smounting the-seale,allsnbstantiallyfaszshown randdescribed.

"In Witness ywhereof "I'hereuntoset my hand inthepres-ence'oftwo'witnessesl i -YVALTER S.1DODGE. `Witnesses:

IW. 4KEN-NEIN, "HORACE A. DODGE.

